So, who thinks Boris Johnson will pull through?

Interesting how while thousands die from COVID-19, deaths from other causes have gone way down. I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that the federal government agreed to pay all costs related to COVID-19; so hospitals, insurance companies, public health agencies, state governments are attributing everything they can to COVID-19. Makes me wonder if what we're being told is accurate, or a lot of people making sure that a crisis is not going to waste.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/well/live/coronavirus-doctors-hospitals-emergency-care-heart-attack-stroke.html?fbclid=IwAR3r5zxXk3TcRYl0rrkkXFBuNN3pDHmxRxc34EB37Q9mX51uXyv0bsSX1D8

CDC Tells Hospitals To List COVID as Cause of Death Even if You're Just Assuming or It Only Contributed

https://www.westernjournal.com/cdc-tells-hospitals-list-covid-cause-death-even-just-assuming-contributed/?fbclid=IwAR3BHU0WFoGBXNombCR2EuPo3POF1CvDQRSmyDfCIR2i-NOHwPPe_mr9AMk

Unfortunately, Boris Johnson has children, so if he doesn't survive, he will not qualify for a Darwin Award.

He thumbed his nose at COVID-19; there is a price to pay for such rank stupidity. I would cut him some sympathy if he caught an illness virtually no one knew existed, a la Freddie Mercury. But he was openly contemptuous of the very simple safety protocols that were in place. Unless he went around with his fingers in his ears for the last four months, going "La-la-la-la-la-la-la!", he knew perfectly well what to do. And he didn't do it.

Stupid is as stupid does. And given how contagious COVID-19 is, why hasn't he been charged with a crime, for willfully spreading this disease?

Based on computer models, experts at IHME predicted 50,962 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in New York on April 1st.

Two weeks ago:

Governor Cuomo: "I need 30,000 ventilators now!"

Trump: "They don't need 30,000 ventilators." Sends 4,000.

Cuomo: "Four thousand ventilators? You pick the 26,000 people who are going to die!"

Washington State sends 400. Oregon sends 140. Maybe 1,000 sent from China (hope they work)

Media: Trump, most evil man in the world, abandons New York, doesn't care that tens of thousands will die.

This week:

Actual number of hospitalized patients in New York on April 1st: 18,368.

There was a decline in the number of hospital admissions for COVID-19 during the past few days. This is good news. Hopefully it keeps going this way (hospital admissions have been declining in Washington for about two weeks)

Cuomo: "We don't need any additional ventilators right now. There is no hospital that needs ventilators that doesn’t have ventilators, there is no hospital that needs PPE that doesn’t have it in the state system.”

You can't blame Governor Cuomo for his anxiety, or his frustration two weeks ago with Trump. He was reacting reasonably to the expert's predictions based on their models. Trump was reacting reasonably to different expert's predictions.

Dr. Fauci: “I’ve looked at all the models. I’ve spent a lot of time on the models. They don’t tell you anything. You can’t really rely upon models.”

https://www.redstate.com/brandon_morse/2020/04/03/fauci-we-cant-really-rely-on-models/?fbclid=IwAR3hC7Q1s2CAf0HsKFkLhsJ6huMRrZ3OiOJ6jfObh6x_6V8ab35ClouRfgY

So, who thinks Boris Johnson will pull through?

Depends. If his physician prescribes hydroxychloroquine + zinc + zpac, he should be fine, minus whatever underlying conditions. Whilst the plural of anecdote is not data, there's way too much information pointing towards that combination's effectiveness to dismiss it out of hand.

Not Invented Here is not particularly scientific, either.

So, who thinks Boris Johnson will pull through? ~ NicoleK at April 6, 2020 11:16 PM

Who thinks the grave dancing if he does die will be especially ugly?

Governor Cuomo: "I need 30,000 ventilators now!" ~ Ken R at April 7, 2020 5:33 AM

Rest of the country: "Didn't you learn any lessons from Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the massive blackout of 1977, the Great Northeastern Blackout of 2003, and Hurricane Irene in 2011? You've been governor since 2011."

New York's chronic financial mismanagement has left it inadequately prepared for an emergency. According to one news source, "...emergency room shortages have long plagued the state's healthcare system." Cuomo declined an opportunity to purchase 16,000 ventilators in 2015. Although, to be fair, that's probably not all on Cuomo. New York's legislature is not exactly a model of honesty and probity.

Shiny new projects get politicians elected and re-elected. Stocking the larder does not. So, politicians have a habit of deferring long-term maintenance projects for the next guy to handle. The problem for Cuomo is that he is his own "next guy."

Not 10%, not even 50%, but 100%.

"The UK government’s new testing chief has admitted that none of the 3.5 million antibody tests ordered from China are fit for widespread use...The tests did not pass the evaluation stage".

https://twitter.com/WilsonLeungWS/status/1247270563027943425

Can we get this chiseled into the entrances to the New York legislature buildings and the governor's mansion?

A failure of forethought or planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.

Hold, wait. That's overly punitive. Let's engrave that on the legislative bodies of all 50 states, DC and the various commonwealth regions. Perhaps make that part of the oath of office? applicable to all levels of government.

Iowahawk bustin' out the facts!

Fun fact: China also never reported a single death at Tiananmen Square

https://twitter.com/iowahawkblog/status/1247488220608200706

Blow me.

Need something to do? Nike has opened up their on-line photography class, and the US Naval Institute has opened the archives of Proceedings and Naval History.

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/363998/

Nitric oxide? "Nitric oxide has been considered a miracle drug for helping oxygen-starved newborns."

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/364076/

Over reactions. A morning radio guy said over the weekend he'd seen a "person in authority" tell a couple that they were social distancing wrong.

So it saddens me to observe some of the asininity on display among some of my fellow police officers in recent days as fear of the coronavirus pandemic brings the country to its knees. Reason and common sense have in some places been abandoned in favor of a level of social control rarely seen in any country that calls itself free, much less in the United States of America. Here in Southern California, we have seen police officers ticketing a surfer on an otherwise empty beach, citing people for sitting in parked cars while watching a sunset, and, in what may be the most farcical display of them all, using not just one but two boats to corral and arrest a lone paddleboarder off the coast of Malibu.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/crackdowns-on-lone-surfers-and-paddleboarders-threaten-to-erode-respect-for-law-enforcement-even-further/

Who thinks the grave dancing if he does die will be especially ugly?

Imagine the response of conservatives -- and probably many libertarians as well -- if Obama had been assassinated.

Or if Hillary had been elected and then assassinated.

More on what Germany - and South Korea - are doing right:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/04/world/europe/germany-coronavirus-death-rate.html

Elsewhere, it was said that the high number of nurses in Germany could be one of the biggest factors in their success rate.

Btw, Germany has well over four times the OVERALL population than that of the Netherlands - but right now, the former has had only 1900 deaths and the latter has had 2100!

(Belgium has had 2000.)

"Fun fact: China also never reported a single death at Tiananmen Square."

When you oppose a totalitarian regime, you're probably not considered to be a human being.

While rambling around YouTube last weekend, I came across a clip of Jerry Seinfeld, Norm Macdonald, and another guy who's Jewish (who I believe is also a comedian.)

Jerry told Norm that he had the "greatest Jew joke...that I love" and said to Norm, "and you're not gonna get it...that's the joke."

So Jerry told the joke:

Two Gentile businessmen meet on the street. One of them says "How's business?" and the other says "Great!"

It took me a second or two, but I got it.

Such kind on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1247552136000557059

“Btw, Germany has well over four times the OVERALL population than that of the Netherlands - but right now, the former has had only 1900 deaths and the latter has had 2100!”

You assume, incorrectly I believe, that Germany is doing something different care wise, or vector control wise, when in reality they are counting differently.

Germany only counts corona virus deaths when there are not other overwhelming comorbidity factors. So if you die of heart disease or cancer in Germany while infected with Corona virus, cancer or hearth disease is listed as the cause of death.

There is great suspicion that New York is doing the same thing, because the feds are picking up some of the costs of care for corona virus patients.

Eating meat makes you smarter:

https://twitter.com/steak_umm/status/1247343900475490304

Land of the Karens:

https://twitter.com/AnnaZ/status/1247540087874674704

Imagine the response of conservatives -- and probably many libertarians as well -- if Obama [or Hillary] had been assassinated. ~ JD at April 7, 2020 9:51 AM

No doubt. People can be ugly.

No one party or philosophy owns ugliness, or virtue.

Making multiplication harder than it needs to be in one picture.

https://twitter.com/Gormogons/status/1247511488086016002

Heh, I showed my kid something similar five minutes before showing her the quick way to do it.

I gave her a problem like 65*7, or something, and first taught her 7(60+5) is 7*60+7*5, and had her do ten problems, then I showed her the short cut.

The reason is I want her to get the why of it, not just memorize how to do it. It took like twenty minutes.

Imagine the response of conservatives -- and probably many libertarians as well -- if Obama had been assassinated.

Deer lord, no.

He would have been elevated to sainthood at the very least, if not straight up godhood. Do not make martyrs out of those you oppose politically. I believe there is an English king who has some experience with this.

It's much better that he exited office, and lived long enough to see all his signature accomplishments reduced to ash. That it took less than 4 years is simply a bonus.

No sainthood, no godhood. Just ash.

Wearing a corona mask: doing it wrong.

https://twitter.com/KenWebsterII/status/1246959743513628673

The burger patties are 50% tofu.

https://twitter.com/kumagayasin/status/1247120175075188737

Facial recognition is so passé.

Squat to unlock:

https://twitter.com/mtane0412/status/1247347215657390080

Alyssa Milano is on board with due process? since when? oh, because Biden.

You do not, in fact, actually believe this.

https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1247259502954426368

Re: Milano and the Biden accusation.

From: Robby Soave at Reason

https://reason.com/2020/04/07/alyssa-milano-tara-reade-rose-mcgowan-joe-biden-sexual-assault/

Milano finally addressed this blatant hypocrisy in an interview with the radio host Andy Cohen. Here is what she had to say.

"I believe that even though we should believe women, and that is an important thing, what that statement really means is that for so long, the go-to has been not to believe them," said Milano. "We have to societally change that mindset to believing women, but that does not mean at the expense of not giving men their due process and investigating situations. It's got to be fair in both directions."

Cohen frequently interrupted Milano to express his wild agreement with her remarks.

"I've been very vocal about Biden and my support for him," Milano continued. "I don't feel comfortable throwing away a decent man that I've known for 15 years in this time of complete chaos without there being a thorough investigation."

What a difference the partisan affiliation of the accused makes!

Milano also explained that she would be remaining quiet about the accusation in part because "the mainstream media would be jumping all over this…if they found more evidence." The implication being that the failure of mainstream media to do reporting on the Reade allegation means that it ought to be doubted and dismissed.

Milano's former Charmed co-star, Rose McGowan, lit into her viscously, "You are a fraud. This is about holding the media accountable. You go after Trump & Kavanaugh saying Believe Victims, you are a lie. You have always been a lie. The corrupt DNC is in on the smear job of Tara Reade, so are you. SHAME"

Somewhere, Shannen Doherty is laughing her ass off.

If Trump found the cure for cancer these people would still malign him:

https://twitter.com/michael_w_busch/status/1247689212226404352

Isab, it would help if you'd provide a link - AND prove that the Netherlands and Belgium count differently than Germany.

As my Czech friend pointed out, it's not as though the Dutch are known for the love of discipline that Germans are, so the latter patients just might be following all the orders they get from their medical and governmental superiors and thus saving their own lives, even when already infected.

Amy, even with back ups; it stinks to lose even a little bit of creative work.

Glad all is well!

In these parts it is said you should never rent your chalet to the Dutch.

The Daily Telegraph this week received a letter from the Australian Consulate General of the People's Republic of China, who took gentle issue with [the Tele's] excellent coverage of the coronavirus crisis.

Tim Blair provides a humorous point-by-point response: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/blogs/tim-blair/via-local-commie-underlings-beijing-officially-disapproves/news-story/491b415795fbbdc526d33d5b569134a4

Not to mention that here, FWIW, there is no reference to how anyone counts deaths:

"Germany’s coronavirus response: Separating fact from fiction"

https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-coronavirus-response-separating-fact-from-fiction/a-53053822

In these parts it is said you should never rent your chalet to the Dutch.

Well yeah, because they'll split it in half.